Ben-Hur - Trailer [1959] [32nd Oscar Best Picture]

Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a brick falls down from Judah's house and barely misses the governor. Although Messala knows that they are not guilty he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge. Written by Matthias Scheler
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Release: 10 December 1959
Running Time: 212 min
Awards: Won 11 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 5 nominations
AFI Recognition:
100 YEARS100 MOVIES #72
100 YEARS100 THRILLS #49
100 YEARS OF FILM SCORES #21
100 YEARS100 CHEERS #56
100 YEARS100 MOVIES 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION #100
Producer: Sam Zimbalist
Director: William Wyler
Writer: Karl Tunberg
Cast: Charlton Heston (Judah Ben-Hur, also known as No. 41 and Young Quintus Arrius), Jack Hawkins (Quintus Arrius), Haya Harareet (Esther), Stephen Boyd (Messala), Hugh Griffith (Sheik Ilderim)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Domestic Total Gross: $74 million
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as of this moment Messala created 6 accounts to dislike this video

[Michael Gallo]

I just watched Ben Hur for the 1st time. Totally amazing.

[Andrew Post]

I wanna see this

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bad graphics

[MikeysFitness]

Stop spoiling the movie for people who haven't watched it!

[StarQualityWins]

group karma, the worst sin, crime, offense collectively committed by a civilization.

[manq211]

i remember watching it the first time, and i was blown away.

[ifuckyoursister20]

this movie makes you so emotional even if you arent a person like that.

[ifuckyoursister20]

just watched the movie, amazing feeling! a masterpiece!!!

[James Pratt]

Have watched this movie each year (sometimes every month) -- Charleton Heston and Stephen Boyd offer some of the most dramatic and compelling emotions ever brought to scree, my humble opinion. A must see.

[cjkelley333]

It's awful that this movie has only 8.1 stars on iMDB. This is phenomenal!!!